[libvirt] dnsmasq, dhcp - bug or feature

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 09:55:42PM +0200, Zdenek Styblik wrote:
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> Hello list,
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> I have network definition like this:
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> <network>
>   <name>default</name>
>   <uuid>5539715b-ae89-c15c-aa2e-2f5a7afd55b8</uuid>
>   <forward mode='route'/>
>   <bridge name='virbr0' stp='on' delay='0' />
>   <ip address='10.117.9.1' netmask='255.255.255.224'>
>   </ip>
> </network>
> 
> and I would assume it means DHCP is off. Even virt-manager claims it's
> off, yet dnsmasq gets started every time. And what's "worse", it's
> giving away IP addresses.

It always has to be started so that guests get the DNS service from it. 
It should have the DHCP service disabled though if you don't give any
DHCP lines in the XML.

Daniel
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